UW Coed Found Slain on University of Wisconsin Campus
Christine Rothschild an 18 year old freshman from Chicago was found dead on Sunday night near Sterling Hall on the UW Madison campus. Police report 14 stab wounds to chest and neck with no prime suspects named and investigators briefing officers. details on time place and weapon withheld.
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Chicago Girl Rothschild Found Dead in Suspected Case
A Chicago girl identified as the daughter of businessman Emanuel Rothschild was found dead in an area roped off by authorities. Medical officials pursued a death timing angle while State Crime Laboratory personnel investigated at the scene.
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Long Haired Senior Faces Court Over Graduation Rule
William Gahan of Central High seeks federal court relief to avoid a hair length rule blocking him from Baccalaureate and Commencement. Principal Voss cites dress code enforcement. Vergin defends policy as administrative, not expulsion. A hearing is planned in Madison, challenging the school’s code.
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Mary E. Sawyer
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William
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Board of Education
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Four Die In Brown County Two Car Crash Area Toll Rises
Weekend Wisconsin highway toll climbs to 410 with four deaths in a Brown County two car collision near Green Bay. Other fatalities include Wayne Sell 21 of Portage after a Marquette County rollover and multiple deaths across Milwaukee, Watertown, Ixonia, and surrounding areas from crashes and injuries.
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Heavy fighting around Saigon and high losses in Vietnam
Allied forces report heavy combat from Saigon to the central highlands as U.S. units clash with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. In multiple engagements, enemy casualties exceed 1,000 weekend deaths while American losses total about 72 killed and 218 wounded.
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Gundersen Declares Candidacy for Congress in 3rd District
Dr Gunnar A Gundersen Jr a Democrat from 121 S 13th St announces his run for Congress in the 3rd District challenging Republican Rep Vernon Thomson of Richland Center. He cites tax reform space and weapons policy shifts and criticizes Thomson including on food stamps foreign aid and education votes. Gundersen trained at Yale Harvard and served in the Army medical corps and as a missionary physician.
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France Ends 11 Day Strike After Wage Accord
Government and unions reach a wage agreement to end an 11 day strike while workers in Paris Lyon Marseilles and Nantes resist the deal. If ratified the pact could force De Gaulle to cut costly programs including the nuclear strike force and aid to developing countries. Meanwhile student protests flare as authorities permit a 24 hour march and rally.
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Hillsboro Woman Dies In Accident
Hillsboro Wisconsin Mrs David Marceda Joan Burch 34 died when her car overturned on Highway 33 two miles east of Hillsboro She was alone Funeral services planned for 2 p m Tuesday at First Congregational Church with Rev William Schafer officiating Burial in Mount Vernon Cemetery Surviving relatives include her father her husband two daughters a son and a sister
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Marceda Joan) Burch
Here
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Jane Burch
Jane
Norman Anderson
Wilton
Thalidomide Trial Opens in Germany Over $25 Million Claims
West Germany launches a landmark trial over thalidomide linking the drug to thousands of birth defects. Chemie Gruenenthal officials face negligent manslaughter charges in a 1957 to 1961 case, as plaintiffs seek about $25 million in damages across 20 countries.
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Alsdorf
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